University of Nevada Press

Laura de León is a radar astronomer who studies Potentially Hazardous Objects (PHOs) such as threatening asteroids and comets at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. In Los Angeles in...

Focusing on the climate change novel, Climate Change Fiction and Ecocultural Crisis gives an overview of some well-known narratives that contribute to contemporary understandings of climate change...

In this unconventional tale of Las Vegas during the two delirious boom decades before the bust of the Great Recession, failed actor "C. D." Reinhart, who has launched a new career in hotel marketing,...

Richard W. Etulain examines the emergence of Pacific Northwest prose beginning in the early nineteenth century up to the present. The book provides an introductory overview to a vast subject through...

My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Stories of Love and Other Transgressions is a collection of stories drawn from almost twenty-five years of fiction writing. Deeply steeped in Chicano and Mexican...

My Life in Nevada Politics tells the entertaining, informative, and at times poignant story of the rise of Richard Bryan from humble beginnings in Las Vegas to the pinnacle of Nevada politics during...

The Writings of Norman Maclean: Seeking Truth amid Tragedy provides the first critical reassessment of Norman Maclean's work in fifteen years. In this study, Timothy P. Schilling focuses on Maclean's...

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO, 1874-2024 : 150 Years of Inspiring ExcellenceAuthor: JOHN. TRENTPublisher: University of Nevada PressPublication Date: Oct 01, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

WHEN YOU DARE TO SAY YES : Jill Derby and Nevada ActivismAuthor: JILL. DERBYPublisher: University of Nevada PressPublication Date: Feb 27, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

World War II and Nevada: The Silver State's Contribution to VictoryAuthor: Charles WellerPublisher: University of Nevada PressPublication Date: May 28, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...